A female cave lion cub nicknamed Sparta may be the best-preserved Ice Age animal ever discovered. Sparta, who is nearly 28,000 years old, was found frozen in the permafrost of Siberia, and even ...

Rare fossil of huge American lion found on just-uncovered sandbar in Mississippi River By Mark Price. Updated November 14, 2022 10:18 PM.

It was the fossilized jaw of the American lion, a species that went extinct 11,000 years ago. It was reported to be the fourth fossil of the lions ever found in Mississippi. PHOTO FROM GEORGE ...

A fragment of a fossilized jaw bone with a tooth was discovered, and experts believe it’s from a lion species that went extinct thousands of years ago.

It's only the fourth fossil of the ancient American lion found in Mississippi, according to the news outlet. Wiley Prewitt, a local resident, stumbled on what looked like a huge black tooth in the ...

Rare fossil of huge American lion found on just-uncovered sandbar in Mississippi River By Mark Price. Updated November 14, 2022 9:18 PM.

Rare fossil of huge American lion found on just-uncovered sandbar in Mississippi River By Mark Price. Updated November 14, 2022 9:18 PM.

A fragment of a fossilized jaw bone with a tooth was discovered, and experts believe it’s from a lion species that went extinct thousands of years ago.

Rare fossil of huge American lion found on just-uncovered sandbar in Mississippi River By Mark Price. Updated November 14, 2022 7:18 PM.

A fossil from an American lion was found in the Mississippi River. (Museum of Natural Science) Experts say this lion was a larger version of the African lion by about 25%.

Rare fossil of huge American lion found on just-uncovered sandbar in Mississippi River By Mark Price. Updated November 14, 2022 10:18 PM.